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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

QT Open Mic: Today's Writers, Today's Topics

There is an important aspect of the writing business that is often easy to overlook.Keeping relevant.Writing is an intensely personal venture and many people get swept up in their personal art. We live in our stories. We eat, breath, dream our books and their inescapable grasps. After months (perhaps years!) of laboring at our novels, we emerge from the writing haze, ready to get that book out there. Only, some of us find that the publishing world changed quite a bit while we were busy dreaming.That happens to QT bloggers, too. :)Some of us are out of the query trenches and fast-advancing toward the front lines. A few of us are madly managing back lists and marketing endeavors. But all of us want to continue to provide insightful, relevant posts to help you get to where you want to be with your writing, your book, and your career.Over
the years, we’ve discussed numerous topics related to
writing, editing, agents, and the journey toward
publication. However, maybe there’s something we haven’t covered
(or haven’t covered in a while) that you’re curious to know
more about. So today the QueryTracker Blog Team is taking your
questions!

Need some writing advice? Dying to ask someone that
question nobody seems to be able to answer?
If you have any question you want answered--even if it's
something subjective that solicits an opinion--throw it at
us. We'll research and compile our answers for future
posts. Our blog team has an amazing range of both personal experience and professional expertise and we're here to share it all with you.

Please ask your questions or suggest your topics in the comments section below. (If you would like to suggest something but wish to do so on the down-low, just contact Ash through her website www.ashkrafton.com using the subject line "QT Open Mic". She'll make sure your thoughts are shared with the team.)

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2 comments:

Any insight into how best to query a MS in a genre that's less popular right now? My MS is set in the Old West, but it's not a Western; I think the era may be turning some agents off. I've considered changing the setting, but I really don't want to.

That's a good question! How DO you query a book that you know will be a hard sell? I'd also like to know: how do you let agents or publishers know that your protagonist is a person of color? Do you just tell them straight out? TIA!